“Over the last few years we have always tried to support young, talented drivers and we will continue down this path by giving Daniel the opportunity to drive the VJM07 on Friday mornings at selected races.

“Daniel will also play an important role in our simulator programme at the factory, which remains an increasingly important development tool.”

Juncadella, who drove for Williams in last year’s Young Drivers Test, said the move is a “fantastic opportunity” and hopes it will “take me a step closer to eventually racing in Formula One”.

Indeed Keith, a very decent line-up and far more inspiring than what Sauber ended up with (although VdGarde does seem to be someone who can motivate a team, and maybe Guttierez does step up and show that he can be as good as he was in GP3)

@keithcollantine, Keith it seems to me that in todays market the team/driver relationship should be reversed ie. ” Test driver Jancadella signs Force India as team” and of course we now have a great scale for driver talent $m.